Middle School Health Quarter 2 Assignments October 31, 2011 due November 2, 2011
Directions: Use these questions to interview an adult who participates in regular activity.
Then write a brief report on your interview. Be sure to identify what influences this person
to be physically activity.
1. Do you exercise on a regular basis? How much and how often?
2. What's your favorite physical activity?
3. What other activities do you do?
4. Why do you exercise?
Report
October 19, 2011 due October 21, 2011
Students should write their own homework organization strategy. This should include:
1. Where they will write homework needing to be done (planner, notebook, folder, digitally, etc.).
2. Where (kitchen, bedroom, family room) and how (with skype, tv, music on or off etc.) they will do their homework.
3. Materials tub and contents.
4. How to assess if this strategy is working.
Project September 26, 2011 - Design a meal. Students should design a meal with their group. The meal can be a breakfast, lunch or dinner. The meal should be designed using one of the food pyramids. Students will assess each other for participation in designing, preparing and ideas relating to the meal. Students will make the meal and bring it in to class for a FEAST which will be on: Monday, October 24, 2011
Tests October 28, 2011
Movies quiz - quiz will be open notebook on the Bill Nye movies and Recovering From Bad Eating movies.
Quarter 1
Harvard Study Click on this link to find the new food pyramid developed by the Harvard School of Public Health
No more pyramids The newest USDA healthy diet guidelines are no longer in pyramid form, but rather on a plate with portions shown on the plate.
Other Food Pyramids Click on this link to find other food pyramids, showing the different eating styles of other cultures than in America
Mediterranean Diet
Latino Diet
Asian Diet
Vegetarian Diet
Assignments
Sept. 23 - 5 day eating journal of all food and drink consumed. This should include:
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
Amount of food eaten or liquid drank (examples: 1 cup orange juice; sandwich - 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice joung gouda cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, tomato, lettuce, cucumber; salad - spinach, mixed lettuce, carrots, cucumber, tomato, yogurt salad dressing)
Some of you lost your test. You can download it here.Wednesday, October 5, 2011because of the week of October 3rd having MAP and ISA testing the test will be a take home testTest will include nutrition, different pyramid diets, what is different from the traditional pyramid and the current pyramid
Quarter 2
Assignments
October 31, 2011 due November 2, 2011
Directions: Use these questions to interview an adult who participates in regular activity.
Then write a brief report on your interview. Be sure to identify what influences this person
to be physically activity.
1. Do you exercise on a regular basis? How much and how often?
2. What's your favorite physical activity?
3. What other activities do you do?
4. Why do you exercise?
Report
October 19, 2011 due October 21, 2011
Students should write their own homework organization strategy. This should include:
1. Where they will write homework needing to be done (planner, notebook, folder, digitally, etc.).
2. Where (kitchen, bedroom, family room) and how (with skype, tv, music on or off etc.) they will do their homework.
3. Materials tub and contents.
4. How to assess if this strategy is working.
Project
September 26, 2011 - Design a meal. Students should design a meal with their group. The meal can be a breakfast, lunch or dinner. The meal should be designed using one of the food pyramids. Students will assess each other for participation in designing, preparing and ideas relating to the meal. Students will make the meal and bring it in to class for a FEAST which will be on:
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tests
October 28, 2011
Movies quiz - quiz will be open notebook on the Bill Nye movies and Recovering From Bad Eating movies.
Quarter 1
Harvard Study Click on this link to find the new food pyramid developed by the Harvard School of Public Health
No more pyramids The newest USDA healthy diet guidelines are no longer in pyramid form, but rather on a plate with portions shown on the plate.
Other Food Pyramids Click on this link to find other food pyramids, showing the different eating styles of other cultures than in America
Assignments
Sept. 23 - 5 day eating journal of all food and drink consumed. This should include:
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Amount of food eaten or liquid drank (examples: 1 cup orange juice; sandwich - 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice joung gouda cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, tomato, lettuce, cucumber; salad - spinach, mixed lettuce, carrots, cucumber, tomato, yogurt salad dressing)
- Must include 2 weekend days
Due Friday, September 30, 2011Tests